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Volume 5, No 6, June 2004

Product Data Management Fundamentals
by Jake Smith, Technical Analyst, CATI
Over the last few decades’ companies have been creating products using 2D and 3D CAD tools to design, test, and simulate their products.  Overtime many have created tens of thousands of files that can’t be stored in the same way as a traditional “blueprint”.  Managing these files is a difficult task and often times it is completely overlooked.  Many files are lost, recreated, or manufactured to the wrong revision which causes lost time and more importantly, higher product costs.  For complete article, click here

InFlow Technology PDMWorks - Implementation Process Overview
by Rod Levin, President, InFlow Technology
SolidWorks is a great tool for increasing design productivity, but all systems that model assemblies raise questions. What do you do with all the files after your done? How do you manage your system to promote design reuse? How do several people work together on a project? What about revision control?
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Bringing Order to Product Development Chaos
How Arena PLM helps companies reduce costs through Product Lifecycle Management
by Ken Ells, Business Development Manager, InFlow Technology
 In order to compete in today’s business environment, OEMs have realized that it is necessary to outsource all but their core competencies.  This means that both employees and suppliers are geographically dispersed, causing challenges in developing new products, and maintaining and improving existing products.  Because people are so spread out, information begins to get spread out as well, creating multiple versions of the same information.  Once this happens, it is virtually impossible to maintain control of intellectual capital.  Multiple versions of your intellectual capital translate into multiple versions of your product.  Multiple versions of your product translate into rework, and rework translates into increased costs.  What do miscues between your engineers and purchasing, manufacturing, or suppliers cost your company each year? For complete article, click here.

What's New at CATI

Positive Trends in Midwest Manufacturing Continue, EDS Sells Off UGS Software Division
by Richard Werneth, President, CATI
The most recent news from the NAPM, The National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago, is that the business barometer jumped to 68.0—its highest level since January 1988—from 63.9 in April. An index over 50 reflects expansion. Economists had forecast the index at 61.0.
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SolidWorks 2005 Launch Day
SolidWorks 2005 Launch Day is an exciting broadcast event that allows you to preview the latest capabilities of SolidWorks® software. Click here to register or for more information.

Trade up to SolidWorks and save NOW -
Are you considering trading up to SolidWorks® 3D mechanical design software from your existing CAD system in the near future? If so – from now through June 25, 2004 – the potential savings have never been greater! Trade up to SolidWorks and save NOW

Limited Time Bundle Pricing:
SolidWorks Office Professional Premium
Save over $4000 with this limited time bundle from SolidWorks. Bundle includes: SolidWorks Office Professional, SolidWorks Routing &  COSMOS Designer
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Technology Event for Medical Product Designers
More than 8,000 medical equipment designers at more than 2,500 companies around the world use SolidWorks® 3D mechanical design software, the standard in medical product design, to develop a wide range of medical devices and life-saving equipment. Examples include diagnostic machines, implantable devices, surgical products, and clinical laboratory automation equipment. CATI is hosting Technical Solution Events for Medical Product Designers. Click here for details

Product Lifecycle Management
 Online Seminar - Wednesday June 23, 2004
Attend this online seminar to gain a better understanding of product lifecycle management (PLM), and to hear how Arena PLM can help you:
* Streamline your product change process
* Eliminate product manufacturing errors
* Speed product time to market
* Increase your profit margins
Click here to register

 

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